EC-LINC Resource Compendium

Welcome to the temporary home of the EC-LINC Resource Compendium created under auspices of the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County in partnership with the EC-LINC member communities and the Center for the Study of Social Policy. This compendium supports the organization’s shared missions:

To create a “community of communities” that fuels learning and innovation to tackle the toughest shared challenges and demonstrate results.

To build and disseminate knowledge about the range of community-based efforts across the country.

To develop opportunities for local leaders and state and federal policymakers to work together to accelerate strategies that improve results for children and families.

The EC-LINC Compendium seeks to link research with practice. Release 1.0 features published papers canvassing lessons learned from research and demonstration evaluations connected to work support programs in the post-PRWORA era that put employment at the center of welfare program eligibility. Accordingly, a complementary effort of this compendium project provides an introduction to the so-called “welfare-to-work” programs with a focus on child-care subsidies as a support undermined by a built-in disincentive to work created by financial “cliff effects.”